PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2026 — The Acoustical Society of America will livestream press conferences Tuesday, May 12, in Rooms 401-403 of the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, and media can attend in person or online. Journalists may pre-register at
https://live.webcastplatform.com/go/asa, and video recordings of the press conference sessions will be available upon request.
The press conferences are part of ASA’s 190th meeting, which will be held May 11-15 and will feature a wide range of newsworthy sessions from the upcoming meeting. Media can expect to hear about acoustical research related to Olympic weightlifting, making marimba bars, acoustic-based imaging for surgery, and more.
Press releases for a selection of topics will be shared under embargo during the week of May 4, and conference highlights can be found on social media by searching the #ASA190 hashtag.
Reporters are also invited to attend in-person technical sessions throughout the conference — please email
media@aip.org to register.
ASA Press Conference Schedule for Tuesday, May 12
Learn more about all meeting sessions via ASA's
meeting page and in the
technical program (topics/times subject to change).
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. ET
- Whip It Good: How Olympic Weightlifting Relies on a Barbell’s ‘Whip’ — Joshua Langlois, Pennsylvania State University
Session 3aNS8: Understanding the vibrational behavior of Olympic barbells under realistic loads, Wednesday, May 13, 11:20 a.m. ET
- Safer Surgeries Through Laser-Induced Acoustic Imaging — Kai Zhang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Session 1aBAa3: Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Photoacoustic Imaging for Neurovascular Bundle Visualization, Monday, May 11, 8:40 a.m. ET
- Developing a Passive Antennae Sensor from a Mosquito Muse — Daniel Pastor, University of Strathclyde
Session 1pEAa3: From nature to technology: mosquito-inspired acoustic signal amplification, Monday, May 11, 1:40 p.m. ET
- Tired? We Can Hear It in Your Voice — Zahra Omidi, University of Texas at Dallas
Session 4aSP12: Analyzing the Effects of Physical Task Stress on Speech Production Characteristics, Thursday, May 14, 11:15 a.m. ET
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET
- Challenging Biases About Vocal Fry — Jeanne Brown, McGill University
Session 4aSC8: Rethinking “young women’s creak”: Piecing together production, perception, and social evidence, Thursday, May 14, 10:40 a.m. ET
- AI Content Moderation Takes a Lesson from Economics — Yuan Zhao, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Session 2pSP3: Explainability of Large Language Models Using the Rational Inattention Theory: A Case Study in Hate-Speech Detection, Tuesday, May 12, 1:30 p.m. ET
- The Birds and the Babies: Humans and Zebra Finches Have a Similar Technique for Learning to Speak — Steven Elmlinger, Princeton
Session 1pAB1: The social origins of vocal sequence learning in songbirds and human infants, Monday, May 11, 1 p.m. ET
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET
- Why Do Brown Bats Stop Feeding During Fireworks? — Kerri Seger, Integral Consulting Inc.
Session 2aAB9: Like a moth to a flame: effects of a fireworks show on big brown bat feeding behavior, Tuesday, May 12, 10:15 a.m. ET
- How Effective Are Torpedo Bats, Exactly? — Dan Russell, Pennsylvania State University
Session 3aNS9: The influence of diameter profile on the mode shapes and frequencies of baseball bats, Wednesday, May 13, 11:35 a.m. ET
- Creating an Affordable and Sustainable Marimba — Amartya Bhattacharya, Northeastern University
Session 4aMU6: Beyond Cost and Crisis: Towards an Accessible and Sustainable Marimba Sound, Thursday, May 14, 10:40 a.m. ET
- He Said, She Said: Why Men and Women Experience the World Differently — Anhelina Bilokon, University of Maryland
Session 3aPP5: Sex-Dependent Variability in Binaural Processing Across the Lifespan, Wednesday, May 13, 9:25 a.m. ET
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